Today we will set up necessary environment in computer, so that we can download any course (or multiple courses) from Coursera by a single command line.
Downloaded course cannot provide us certificate, but surely we can learn a lot from the course in an organized way. Not every one of us can afford paid course. And there is another limitation. Three months after enrolling in a course on Coursera, subscription of that course will not be available any more. We need to buy that course again. That is why downloading a course can be a secure way to continue our self-learning in offline.
REQUIREMENTS FOR INSTALLATION :
- OS of computer must be windows
- Python environment must be installed in computer
- First, we have to create an account on Coursera and enroll the courses that we want to download
FEATURES OF THIS SOFTWARE :
- Downloads multiple courses or specialization courses by single command line
- Download video quality is 720p
- Subtitle language is English
- Quizzes are downloaded
- Resume partial downloads
- Makes M3U Playlist of All the Lecture Videos of Courses
INFORMATION THAT WILL BE NEEDED LATER :
- Go to chrome://settings/cookies/detail?site=coursera.org & get CAUTH_VALUE
- USER_EMAIL of Coursera
- USER_PASSWORD of Coursera
INSTALLATION OF SOFTWARE :
Go to command prompt & enter : python -m pip install coursera-dl
Set environment variable for coursera-dl file : Control Panel > System > Advanced System Settings > Environment Variables > User Variables > Path > Edit > New > directory_where_coursera_dl_file_is_installed
Restart the computer
TO DOWNLOAD COURSE :
Go to command prompt & enter : cd directory_where_we_want_to_download_course
Go to command prompt & enter : coursera-dl -u USER_EMAIL -p USER_PASSWORD -ca CAUTH_VALUE ( ) --subtitle-language en --video-resolution 720p --download-quizzes --resume --playlist
To download course, () will be replaced by : course_name
For further information, please visit coursera-dl and coursera-courses-free-download.